MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'brent'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:32:26 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5169553&cid=t_294489_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fgreat-clinical-care-and-excellent-bedside-manner-are-they-mutually-exclusive%2F2011.08.26 The New York Times recently published an article titled, Finding a Quality Doctor, Dr. Danielle Ofri an internist at NYU, laments how she was unable to perform as well as expected in the areas of patient care as it related to diabetes.  From the August 2010 New England Journal of Medicine article, Dr. Ofri notes that her report card showed the following – 33% of patients with diabetes have glycated hemoglobin levels at goal, 44% have cholesterol levels at goal, and a measly 26% have blood pressure at goal.  She correctly notes that these measurements alone aren’t what makes a doctor a good quality one, but rather the areas of interpersonal skills, compassion, and empathy, which most of us would agree constitute a doctor’s bedside manner, should count as well. Her articl... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5169553 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:00:00 +0100 5169553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4696712&cid=t_294489_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FnZFN64nSeww%2F It’s been a full decade since the Institute of Medicine published the second volume in its landmark series on patient safety and quality of care, Crossing the Quality Chasm. We appear to be not much closer to achieving a high-quality health system as we were 10 years ago. Last week, as you may have already heard, a paper in Health Affairs from researchers at the University of Utah concluded that adverse events may be 10 times more prevalent than previously believed and that errors may occur in an astounding one-third of all hospital admissions. The research team, which included such luminaries as Dr. David Classen, Dr. Brent James and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement‘s Frank Federico, also said that there estimates probably were on the conservative side. Patient-safety ... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4696712 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:07:53 +0100 4696712 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3201718&cid=t_294489_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F01%2Ftrauma-surgeon-dr-brent-eastman-deploys-haiti%2F Prominent surgeon Dr. A. Brent Eastman is reportedly leaving for Haiti today and will be in country on Sunday, January 24 to begin aiding the medical relief efforts. He will be carrying a satellite phone to be used in providing regular field updates to the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Eastman is Chair of the Board of Regents of the ACS. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3201718 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:24:11 +0100 3201718 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3176118&cid=t_294489_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FBYKZy7XOMwU%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? And here is something we hope to make a regular feature. Send us a photo (something nice, please) and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Concert Pharmaceuticals hired Steven Weissman as associate director, process chemistry. Before joining Concert, he worked at Merck Research Laboratories as a senior investigator. Vical hired Rich... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3176118 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:09:48 +0100 3176118 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2852027&cid=t_294489_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Fumich.edu%2Fnews%2FReleases%2F2009%2FSep09%2FFinalReport.pdf Should the families of football players at the high school, college, and professional level be worried about Alzheimer's and dementia. Yesterday I wrote about a new report that indicated retired National Football League players suffer from early onset Alzheimer's and dementia at an alarming rate. A study commissioned by the National Football League found that Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment is appearing in the league's former players at an alarming rate -- 19 times the normal rate for men ages 30 through 49.The study was conducted for the National Football League (NFL) by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. The Michigan researchers found that 6.1 percent of players age 50 and above reported that they had received a dementia-related diagnosis, fi... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2852027 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:02:46 +0100 2852027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510205&cid=t_294489_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FhTQ1Ew7PNAE%2F This month, Disruptive Women welcomes Brent Shafer, CEO, Philips Electronics, North America, as our June Man of the Month. Below, he shares his thoughts on the funding of healthcare reform. After years of stops and starts when it comes to healthcare reform, it appears that we are now moving forward at lightning speed. Perhaps so fast that we are trying to change a complex system without the required due diligence needed to make sure that we preserve what works. It has always been the conventional wisdom of most policy makers that true reform needs to be done incrementally, not in one giant overhaul. The growing number of Americans without access to healthcare has increased the urgency to “do something.” Although many are frustrated with what has been perceived as “all talk and no a... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510205 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:34:38 +0100 2510205 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1148163&cid=t_294489_129_f&fid=34885&url=http%3A%2F%2Fterriblepalsy.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F14%2Ftime-to-mourn%2F Please take time this week to remember Brent Martin Wear a black arm band this week to not only remember Brent but to also protest his murder. It’s not okay to hurt a brother. You can leave your messages of condolence for his family here. (Source: Terrible Palsy) Terrible Palsy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1148163 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:30:02 +0100 1148163 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=803562&cid=t_294489_85_f&fid=34692&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpolitedissent.com%2Farchives%2F1728 The same time that Dell Comics was seeing success with licensed medical properties such as Ben Casey and Dr. Kildare, Charlton Comics started publishing its own medical titles. The Young Doctors was one of these series. It starred Drs. Landon and Burke, residents in surgery and psychiatry (respectively), at Metro Hospital. There is no love lost between the two residents and they often come to blows, but when a crisis occurs they always pull together and help each other. Apparently they are the only two residents in the entire hospital because they are the only two we ever see (there was an intern, Tom Brent, but he graduated to his own series and was rarely seen in The Young Doctors after that). Because these weren’t licensed properties, the writers faced fewer restrictions and could... Polite Dissent blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=803562 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:43:14 +0100 803562